Spring 2012 Wildlife rehabilitation-themed handmade cards

This is Lucky, last year's first raccoon.  She had been washed down a storm drain after heavy thunderstorms and kind people fished her out of the water before she drowned.   She was quite vocal and hungry but adapted well and grew into a large, very playful animal who loved to drop onto my back from 8 feet above.
The card's backgound is hand embossed and hand colored, the layer underneath is border punched to add interest, and the dandelions are completely hand made.
All my cards have a white insert stapled in with a non-mushy sentiment either stamped or glued centered on the right side.  All my cards also come with a handmade envelope.

 Red squirrel baby orphan eagerly drinking formula.  At this age squirrels also consume solid foods and fresh produce, but formula is still the main staple of their diet.

I chose dandelions as one of the spring blossoms because, while they are hated in overly groomed urban lawns, they are absolutely gorgeous to look at when they set an entire meadow ablaze with gold.  They are also an important food source for a variety of wildlife.

 This gray squirrel baby survived a horrible fall from the eves of a three story high building head first onto a paved parking area.  He had suffered a concussion and was bleeding heavily from nose and mouth.  Immediate intervention not only saved his life, but he recovered fully and was eventually successfully released.  This picture depicts a milestone in his recovery in that he was able to chew on a branch for the first time without any pain.

The same little gray squirrel boy with a different design:  these are weeping cherry blossoms.

 Raccoon younster with apple blossom branch.  Just as apples have different flavors, so do apple blossoms have different hues.  

 Another raccoon baby with apple blossom branch, this time mostly white blossoms with pinkish centers.

Dandelion card with raccoon baby.  Please note that I can always make a card with a different animal as long as I've rehabilitated one and have decent pictures of the animal to use.